- Aug 24, 2012
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I see alot of employers to this day list High School Diploma as a requirement for many jobs, and there is a huge push to get non-graduates in adult education for a GED and apparently it can get expensive.
But I have to wonder what the big deal is. Not suggesting that kids should just drop out, but if your reason for getting one is better employment (without college aspirations), I think it's a waste of time.
I'm 34 now, and I have never once had to produce my High School Diploma. I even used to bring it with me back when I applied for non-skilled positions. I remember years ago, I had a job interview that explicitly stated "HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIRED" in the AD, and I had it ready to show my interviewers and they just chuckled and said " eh we don't need to see that". Infact, I graduated one year early so I was 17 when I started my first full time job (which was not fast food), and even they didn't ask to see it. I thought for sure the question "why am I not in school?" would come up.
The jobs I apply for now require some kind of credentials, a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience so it would be expected that if you have these things that you would already have a High School Education so I can understand why nobody asks these days.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but it just makes me wonder if any of the people who spent all that money and time on GEDs, prep tests, etc. ever think it was just a waste of time. But then again, I'm also wondering if anybody's permanent High School record ever had a lasting effect on the outcome of somebody's life.
But I have to wonder what the big deal is. Not suggesting that kids should just drop out, but if your reason for getting one is better employment (without college aspirations), I think it's a waste of time.
I'm 34 now, and I have never once had to produce my High School Diploma. I even used to bring it with me back when I applied for non-skilled positions. I remember years ago, I had a job interview that explicitly stated "HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIRED" in the AD, and I had it ready to show my interviewers and they just chuckled and said " eh we don't need to see that". Infact, I graduated one year early so I was 17 when I started my first full time job (which was not fast food), and even they didn't ask to see it. I thought for sure the question "why am I not in school?" would come up.
The jobs I apply for now require some kind of credentials, a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience so it would be expected that if you have these things that you would already have a High School Education so I can understand why nobody asks these days.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but it just makes me wonder if any of the people who spent all that money and time on GEDs, prep tests, etc. ever think it was just a waste of time. But then again, I'm also wondering if anybody's permanent High School record ever had a lasting effect on the outcome of somebody's life.